I
English
/aɪ/, /aː/, /ɑe/
pron
Definitions
- The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
- (nonstandard) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English I inherited from Old English ih inherited from *ik inherited from Proto-Germanic *ik inherited from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (I).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*éǵh₂
Gloss
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- $ English
- I$ English
- I'll English
- I-hood English
- I-ness English
- I-ship English
- Ihood English
- ego English
- ego- English
- egotism English
- ich English
- *eo Latin
- ego Latin
- ich German
- ich-synton German
- ichbezogen German
- ego Italian
- ik Dutch, Flemish
- égo French
- эго Russian
- я Russian
- якать Russian
- ego Spanish, Castilian
- ἐγώ Ancient Greek
- ἐμαυτοῦ Ancient Greek
- *eǵóH, *éǵh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁me Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂om Proto-Indo-European
- jeg Norwegian Bokmål
- ego Portuguese
- *ek Proto-Germanic
- *ek, *ik Proto-Germanic
- *ik Proto-Germanic
- jag Swedish
- jagpsykologi Swedish
- アイ・ラブ・ユー Japanese
- ego Polish
- eg Norwegian Nynorsk
- ic Old English
- ih Old English
- iċ Old English
- अहम् Sanskrit
- सोऽहम् Sanskrit
- I Middle English
- ich Middle English
- ek Old Norse
- *(j)a Proto-Slavic
- *(j)azъ Proto-Slavic
- ego Czech
- ego Serbo-Croatian
- ego Catalan, Valencian
- ég Icelandic
- अहं Hindi
- अहम Hindi
- ես Armenian
- εγώ Greek (modern)
- ic Middle Dutch
- ih Old High German
- es Latvian
- ես Old Armenian
- ek Afrikaans
- ich Middle High German
- *ik gmw-pro
- ik Old Dutch
- me Old Portuguese
- ahaṃ Pali
- अहं Pali
- i Cimbrian
- ich Cimbrian
- *aȷ́ʰám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ik Old Saxon
- ich Alemannic German
- iak Old Swedish
- *egō Proto-Italic
- I Scots
- aš Lithuanian
- *aźʰám Proto-Indo-Aryan
- eu Old Occitan
- ik Old Frisian
- 𑀅𑀳𑀁 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀅𑀳𑀁 Maharastri Prakrit
- 𑀳𑀁 Maharastri Prakrit
- அஹம் Tamil
- ייו Ladino
- *ajám Proto-Iranian
- i Mòcheno
- ich Pennsylvania German
- 𐨀𐨀𐨎 Ashokan Prakrit
- 𐨀𐨱𐨎 Ashokan Prakrit
- 𑀅𑀳𑀁 Ashokan Prakrit
- ik North Frisian
- ije Neapolitan
- a Kalasha
- آ Kalasha
- i Bavarian
- ᛖᚲ Proto-Norse
- हम Bhojpuri
- ñuk Tocharian A
- अहम Rajasthani
- a Emilian
- આઉં Kachchi
- *ež bat-pro
- ich Crimean Gothic
- हौं Braj
- 𑀅𑀳𑀁 Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
- ai Torres Strait Creole
- εζού Tsakonian
- *ʔúǵ Proto-Anatolian
- εγώ Pontic Greek
- eš Old Lithuanian